Acting IGP Muhammed Adamu Retires All DIGs

The Acting Inspector-General of Police Muhammed Adamu has retired all the Deputy Inspectors-General of Police (DIGs.

The seven police chiefs’ departure was in furtherance of the convention that recommends the retirement of senior police chiefs when an officer junior to them in service or lower in rank is appointed to lead the institution.

BREAKING: New IGP Adamu Retires all DIGsAccording to Police sources, Inspector-General Muhammed Adamu has retired seven deputy inspectors-general of police who were his seniors.

Mr Adamu has now followed the tradition, which has been criticized by certain stakeholders as wasteful and demoralizing because of huge resources the nation had spent on the vast knowledge the senior officers had acquired over the years.

The retired DIGs, who were Adamu’s senior, served with former IG, Ibrahim Idris.